NBC college bowl game broadcasts

NBC broadcast the Rose Bowl beginning in 1952 until the 1988 Rose Bowl when ABC took over. It had the Orange Bowl from 1965 through 1995. (The 1971 contest was the very last sporting event on US television to carry cigarette ads.) NBC also aired the Gator Bowl in 1949 and again from 1969 through 1971 and 1996 through 2006, the Sugar Bowl from 1958 through 1969, the Sun Bowl in 1964 and again in 1966, the Fiesta Bowl from 1978 through 1995, the Citrus Bowl from 1984 through 1985, the Hall of Fame Bowl from 1988 through 1992, and the Cotton Bowl^[1][2][3] from 1993 to 1995.

List of broadcasters

See also: List of NBC College Football personalities

Citrus Bowl

Further information: List of Citrus Bowl broadcasters

Date	Network	Play-by-play announcers	Color commentators	Sideline reporters
December 28, 1985[4]	NBC	Jay Randolph	Dave Rowe	Tom Hammond
December 22, 1984[5]		Don Criqui	Bob Trumpy

Cotton Bowl

Further information: List of Cotton Bowl Classic broadcasters

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 2, 1995	NBC	Jim Lampley	Todd Christensen
January 1, 1994		Charlie Jones
January 1, 1993[6][7]		Tom Hammond	Paul Maguire

Fiesta Bowl

Further information: List of Fiesta Bowl broadcasters

The Fiesta Bowl began in 1971,^[8] but was considered a “minor bowl” until the January 1, 1982 game between Penn State–USC. Since then, the Fiesta Bowl has been considered a major bowl.

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 2, 1995[9][10]	NBC	Charlie Jones	Randy Cross	Dan Hicks
January 1, 1994[11][12]		Tom Hammond	Cris Collinsworth
January 1, 1993[13]		Charlie Jones	Todd Christensen	Beasley Reece
January 1, 1992[14]				Ahmad Rashad
January 1, 1991[15]				Tom Hammond and Gayle Gardner
January 1, 1990			Merlin Olsen	Jimmy Cefalo
January 2, 1989[16][17]		Dick Enberg
January 1, 1988[18]		Charlie Jones	Jimmy Cefalo
January 2, 1987[19][20][21]			Bob Griese and Jimmy Cefalo
January 1, 1986[22][23][24]			Sam Rutigliano	Gary Gerould
January 1, 1985			Bob Griese
January 2, 1984[25]
January 1, 1983[26]			Len Dawson
January 1, 1982				Mike Haffner
December 26, 1980
December 25, 1979[27][28]
December 25, 1978[29]		Curt Gowdy	John Brodie

Gator Bowl

Date	Network	Play-by-play announcers	Color commentators	Sideline reporters
January 2, 2006	NBC	Tom Hammond	Pat Haden	Lewis Johnson
January 1, 2005
January 1, 2004
January 1, 2003		Mike Breen
January 1, 2002		Tom Hammond
January 1, 2001		Matt Vasgersian
January 1, 2000		Tom Hammond	James Lofton	Craig Sager
January 1, 1999			Pat Haden
January 1, 1998		Charlie Jones	Bob Trumpy
January 1, 1997		Don Criqui
January 1, 1996[30]		Tom Hammond
January 2, 1971	NBC	Charlie Jones	George Ratterman
December 27, 1969		Curt Gowdy	Al DeRogatis
January 1, 1949	NBC

Hall of Fame Bowl

Further information: List of Outback Bowl broadcasters

Date	Network	Play-by-play announcers	Color commentators	Sideline reporters
January 1, 1992[31][32]	NBC	Don Criqui	Bob Trumpy	Beasley Reece
January 1, 1991		Joel Meyers	Ahmad Rashad	Paul Maguire
January 1, 1990		Don Criqui		Jim Donovan
January 2, 1989		Tom Hammond	Joe Namath	Armen Keteyian
January 2, 1988		Bob Costas	Ahmad Rashad and Paul Maguire

Orange Bowl

Further information: List of Orange Bowl broadcasters

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 1, 1995[33][34][35]	NBC	Tom Hammond	Cris Collinsworth	John Dockery
January 1, 1994[36]		Dick Enberg	Bob Trumpy	O. J. Simpson
January 1, 1993		Don Criqui		John Dockery
January 1, 1992[37][38]		Dick Enberg	Bill Walsh
January 1, 1991				O. J. Simpson and Bob Trumpy
January 1, 1990[39][40]
January 2, 1989		Don Criqui	Bob Trumpy	Jim Gray
January 1, 1988[41][42]				Tom Hammond
January 1, 1987				Paul Maguire
January 1, 1986			Bob Trumpy and Bob Griese	Jimmy Cefalo
January 1, 1985[43]			Bob Trumpy	Bill Macatee
January 2, 1984			John Brodie
January 1, 1983
January 1, 1982				Bob Trumpy
January 1, 1981
January 1, 1980
January 1, 1979		Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 2, 1978		Jim Simpson
January 1, 1977			John Brodie
January 1, 1976
January 1, 1975[44]
January 1, 1974			Kyle Rote
January 1, 1973
January 1, 1972				Bill Enis
January 1, 1971			Al DeRogatis
January 1, 1970
January 1, 1969
January 1, 1968			Kyle Rote
January 2, 1967		Curt Gowdy	Paul Christman
January 1, 1966
January 1, 1965		Jim Simpson	Bud Wilkinson

Rose Bowl

Main article: List of Rose Bowl Game broadcasters

The 1952 Rose Bowl, on NBC, was the first national telecast of a college football game. The network broadcast both the Tournament of Roses Parade and the following game.

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 1, 1988[45][46][47][48][49][50]	NBC	Dick Enberg	Merlin Olsen
January 1, 1987
January 1, 1986
January 1, 1985[51]
January 2, 1984
January 1, 1983[52]
January 1, 1982[53][54]
January 1, 1981
January 1, 1980				O. J. Simpson
January 1, 1979[55][56][57]		Curt Gowdy	John Brodie and O. J. Simpson
January 2, 1978[58]			John Brodie	Charlie Jones
January 1, 1977			Don Meredith
January 1, 1976			Al DeRogatis	Ross Porter
January 1, 1975
January 1, 1974				Al DeRogatis
January 1, 1973
January 1, 1972
January 1, 1971			Kyle Rote
January 1, 1970
January 1, 1969[59]
January 1, 1968			Paul Christman
January 2, 1967[60]		Lindsey Nelson	Terry Brennan
January 1, 1966
January 1, 1965			Ray Scott
January 1, 1964			Terry Brennan
January 1, 1963		Mel Allen
January 1, 1962
January 2, 1961			Chick Hearn[61]
January 1, 1960
January 1, 1959
January 1, 1958[62]
January 1, 1957
January 2, 1956			Sam Balter
January 1, 1955
January 1, 1954[63]			Tom Harmon
January 1, 1953
January 1, 1952[64][65]			Jack Brickhouse

Sugar Bowl

Further information: List of Sugar Bowl broadcasters

Date	Network	Play-by-play	Color commentator(s)	Sideline reporter(s)
January 1, 1969[66]	NBC	Charlie Jones	George Ratterman
January 1, 1968			Elmer Angsman
January 2, 1967		Jim Simpson	Charlie Jones
January 1, 1966			Bud Wilkinson
January 1, 1965[67]		Bill Flemming	Terry Brennan
January 1, 1964		Ray Scott	Frankie Albert
January 1, 1963
January 1, 1962		Lindsey Nelson	Lee Giroux
January 2, 1961			Red Grange
January 2, 1961				Red Grange
January 1, 1960[68]
January 1, 1959
January 1, 1958

Sun Bowl

Further information: List of Sun Bowl broadcasters

Date	Network	Play-by-play announcers	Color commentators	Sideline reporters
1966[69]	NBC	Jim Simpson	Charlie Jones
1964[70]	NBC	Ray Scott	Frankie Albert

See also

• College football on television
• NFL on NBC
  • NFL on NBC announcers
• NBC College Football Game of the Week
• Notre Dame Football on NBC